May's most interesting new releases, Independent Bookstore Day round-up, and more bookish news. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
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All 100 issues from magazine’s 16-year history available for free download. The post The Fader Releases Full Archive on BitTorrent appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wordsworth Editions has released a revised and expanded second edition of Aleister Crowley’s The Drug & Other Stories. The book brings together 54 of Crowley's stories with "extensive" editorial end-notes. Only 35 of Crowley’s stories were ever published in his lifetime (1875-1947) with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Tweens Read Festival in Houston, Tex., brought together middle-grade authors and their readers on October 3 for signings, book talks, and activities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OpenBooks.com lets the customer download an ebook and the pay what they feel the book is worth. However, is this business model sustainable? The post Poland’s OpenBooks.com Asks, Is Pay-After-You-Read Sustainable? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) is hoping to get kids across the country reading in October through the "Read Everywhere in 2015", campaign. For the campaign, also known as "Níl Turas Níos Fearr Ná Turas le Leabhar!" in Irish, CBI will run a range of activities, including a "The Danger is... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mexico's publishing industry has great potential, but the lack of organized government is a persistent problem, argues Déborah Holtz of Trilce Ediciones. The post Mexico Needs a Government Policy to Promote Publishing, Reading appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EPub is a popular format for eBooks, but PC viewing support is still a little patchy, and the files can be hard to open. Fortunately there are plenty of free ePub readers around which make it easier to build and browse your own eBook library. FSS ePub Reader is very simple and straightforward.... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2015-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Reading Agency has presented a report to Downing Street showing that 92% of participants in its Reading Ahead challenge felt more confident about reading after taking part. The charity presented its findings into the impact of Reading Ahead, which was known as the Six Book Challenge from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's back-to-school season, so in the spirit of continued education, we asked top editors for their book picks for the fall. Cosmo editor-in-chief Joanna Coles recommended "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow for lovers of American history. The forthcoming memoir of Carrie Brownstein "Hunger... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You all read a lot of books this summer? How do we know? Because we asked and you answered. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Summer is pretty much over, we're sorry to have to report. So, our question for this week is a simple one: What was the best book you read this summer? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Gaiman is no stranger to having his books banned. Here the author of Coraline and The Graveyard Book talks about controversial books in libraries, censorship threats to graphic novels and why freedom of speech is not the freedom to harassDo you remember reading any books as a child that... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus is to publish a book by Eastenders’ actor Danny Dyer. The World According to Danny Dyer: Life Lessons from the East End will see Dyer tackling questions including 'where have all the old school boozers gone?', 'are there such things as ghosts?', and 'am I middle class?’. Editorial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookshops are gearing up for a mini Super Thursday today (27th August) following the release of two big hitting titles – the fourth installment of the Millennium series, The Girl in the Spider’s Web (MacLehose Press), and Terry Pratchett’s last book The Shepherd’s Crown (Doubleday Children’s). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has brought forward the release date of The Joy of Tax by Richard Murphy – the creator of ‘Corbynomics’ – and is exploring plans to launch the book at the Labour Party Conference next month. Murphy [pictured] is a chartered accountant and is the author of Labour leadership contender... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett and The Girl in the Spider’s Web, continuing Stieg Larsson’s crime series, are both due out on Thursday Two very different heroines are poised to return to the nation’s bookshelves: Tiffany Aching, teenage witch and protagonist of the late Terry... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Ali Smith has used her appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival to warn how the closure of public libraries was threatening the “democracy of reading”. Smith, who was interviewed at the festival yesterday (16th August), said the continued closing of libraries would have an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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President Barack Obama is on Martha's Vineyard for his annual two-week summer holiday, and the White House has released his reading list. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the first time in its 30-plus-year history, the Reading Rainbow brand is strategically entering the licensing arena, with assistance from its new licensing agent, Brand Central. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton will publish literary agent Andrew Lownie’s biography of Cambridge spy Guy Burgess this autumn. The book draws on research from archives around the world and interviews with more than 100 people who knew Burgess, among other sources. It will chart Burgess’ life from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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